ARCHIVED NEWS 2011

Photo: Daryl and Glenn Douglas​4 March 2011 - Five-year-old gelding Live In Reality went over a year without winning race but the Glenn Douglas trained pacer has quickly atoned for his long run of outs with back to back victories in successive days at Tabcorp Park Melton and Lords Raceway Bendigo. Before Thursday, Live In Reality hadn’t won a race since January 2010 then the Strathfieldsaye trainer got him back into the winners list with his brother Daryl guiding Live In Reality to a short half head win at Melton. On Friday, not to be outdone, Glenn took the reins for an all the way victory in the Schweppes Pace (2150 metres) at Lords Raceway. Starting the $1.90 favourite in the 2150 metrerpace, Live In Reality was rated perfectly by Douglas, who slipped the New Zealand bred son of Live Or Die into top gear on the final bend, establishing a winning break. Although Live In Reality tired in the race to the post he still had three metres to spare on Storm Territory ($3.70 - Brian Gath) with 4.6 metres to Tarleton Matt (Nigel Milne) rounding out the top three. Live In Reality is raced by a syndicate of owners headed by Tanya Mielicki, the wife on ace Melbourne racecaller Dan Mielicki. - David Aldred